Archive for the ‘Events in History’ Category
25 AUGUST 1482
24 AUGUST 1456
22 AUGUST 1485
Remember before God
Richard III
King of England
and those who fell at Bosworth Field
having kept faith.
22 August 1485
Loyaulte me lie.
(Text: Richard III memorial plaque in the Church of St James, Sutton Cheney
Illustration on the left: King Richard III, © Andrew Jamieson, http://www.jamiesongallery.com/ (used with permission)
On the right: The Church of St James, Sutton Cheney, where the Richard III Society commemorates King Richard III in its annual memorial service in August. It is said that Richard III heard his last Mass at this church.)
18 AUGUST 1487
Malaga surrenders to the Christian forces of Isabella of Castile and Fernando de Aragon. Malaga was at that time part of the Emirate of Granada, which eventually fell in 1492.
A century earlier the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta had described Malaga as “one of the largest and most beautiful towns of Andalusia [uniting] the conveniences of both sea and land, and is abundantly supplied with foodstuffs and fruits” [quoted in Wikipedia ‘Malaga’].
(Photograph of the Patio de los Naranjos in the Alcazaba, Malaga, by D Preis)
14 AUGUST 1479
14 AUGUST 1473
11 AUGUST 1486
11 AUGUST 1467
10 AUGUST 1439
Birth of Anne of York, second child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was a sister of Edward IV and Richard III. Married in 1447 to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter. They had one daughter. In the Wars of the Roses Exeter sided with Lancaster. They separated in 1464 and were divorced in 1472. She then married Sir Thomas St Leger and they had a daughter, Anne.
You can find out more about Anne of York in the talk Judy gave to our branch in 2012.
Illustration: Anne of York and Sir Thomas St Leger, her second husband